Balancing the Books

Art, Science and Gut Calls

Our yearly guide to the wide world of books on investing

TALK WITH TOP INVESTMENT PROS, like those participating in this year's Barron'sRoundtable, the first installment of which will be publishednext week, and they'll say much investing is an art, where gut calls andvague feelings can play a pivotal role. But they'll also agree thatinvesting is a science of charts, numbers, balance sheets and techniquesthat...